Scarecrow

from Breaking Skin by RIKKI RAKKI

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Stained teeth, cold breath
Chapped lips, snapped twigs
Under my boots, tripped on the roots
Stay sane
Don’t let me be remembered for this

Scarecrow holding so still, in her sun-starched flannel
She will do no harm, she will do no harm
She will freeze in time, just a stark outline

And when the sun shines… she’ll swing low, elbows ever folding
To release the tension, that she’s holding
All the strangers calling, all the men hollering
Now they know, now they know
To just leave her alone

Born of thorn and thistle, hair shorn and bristled
Limbs stiffen as they’re whistling
Made my legs from twisted kindling
Stuffed my head with sticks and dead leaves
Doused the witch in gasoline
Lit the wick and watched the flames climb
Sickly crackling up my wooden spine
Her body, funeral pyre
Phoenix rising from the fire

Scarecrow holding still, in her sun-starched flannel
She’ll do no harm, she’ll do no harm, she'll do no harm
She’ll freeze in time, she’ll freeze in time, just a stark outline

And when the smoke clears, she’ll swing low, elbows ever folding
To release the tension that she’s holding
All the strangers calling, all the men hollering
Now they know, now they know
To just leave her alone

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from Breaking Skin, released July 21, 2023

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RIKKI RAKKI Richmond, Virginia

Hazy-jangly, stargazey rock&roll from Richmond, VA.
Rikki Rakki is Erika Blatnik (vox/guitar), Matt Luger (guitar/keys), Andy Brown (bass), and Jay Kole (drums).

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